Global Outlook

 In an unprecedented security breach, thousands of pagers and walkie-talkie radios used by Hezbollah members detonated across Lebanon in simultaneous explosions. This coordinated attack, spanning Tuesday and Wednesday, claimed the lives of at least 26 people and wounded thousands. The explosions shocked Hezbollah and the broader region, raising questions about how such a sophisticated attack was carried out and who was responsible. How Did the Pagers and Walkie-Talkies Explode? The explosions are believed to have been caused by small amounts of explosives that were secretly embedded inside 5,000 pagers ordered by Hezbollah. According to a senior Lebanese security source, Israel’s Mossad was behind the plot, planting explosives within the pagers that would detonate when a coded message was sent. The devices appeared tampered with before reaching Lebanon. The source told Reuters that Mossad inserted a board with explosive material that could receive and execute remote commands. “It’s...